Réalisation:
Robert SiodmakPhotographie:
Siegfried HoldMusique:
Erwin HalletzActeurs·trices:
Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Michèle Girardon, Alessandra Panaro, Teresa Lorca, Fausto Tozzi, Hans Nielsen, Gustavo Rojo (plus)Résumés(1)
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico, is sent back to that country during the occupation by French troops in the service of the Austrian 'Emperor' Maximilian, to carry an encouraging letter from U.S. President Lincoln to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez. It's good news, but there's no cash- both men wonder whether that's to be found in the legendary treasure of the Aztecs (hence the German title), the whereabouts of which an ancient priest has just disclosed to the female heiress of the Aztec imperial family. Meanwhile they turn for -promised- support to Mexico's largest landowner, whose laborers are all Aztec descendants, count Don Fernando de Rodriganda y Sevilla, whose son and heir conde Alfonso is a gambling squanderer... (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (2)
The worst Karel May party ever (maybe possibly on the level of Winnetou and Old Firehand). All of the westerns with Surehand are still a class better than this piece of junk. Lex Barker was always what could spice up the May parties, but this was too much even for him. A terribly unsuccessful mess that tarnishes the name of the much more successful Pyramid of the Sun God, with which unfortunately it forms one inseparable whole.
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A bit of a change of scenery, but not that significant because it was still essentially filmed in one place. Here, there aren't characters that one would know, even though they're played by actors who are known from other films. It's quite humorous in places and Ralf Wolter is just funny. Otherwise, the story is quite nondescript, and in the end, it feels incomplete to me.
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